Dave Middleton is the painter-decorator North Leeds keeps recommending — for one reason. He turns up when he says he will, does the prep properly, and leaves your home cleaner than he found it.
Dave's been decorating homes around Chapel Allerton, Roundhay and Moortown since 2010. He works as a sole trader — no labourers, no subcontractors, no gangs of strangers in your house. Just one decorator who treats every job like it's his own.
The reason people in North Leeds keep recommending him is boring, in the best way. The prep gets done. The dust sheets go down. Cut-ins are sharp. The skirting doesn't have a smear of emulsion across it. And on the last day, the house gets a proper clean before he hands the keys back.
From a single feature wall in a Chapel Allerton terrace, to a complete top-to-bottom decoration of a Roundhay semi, you'll get the same care, the same trade-grade paints, and the same finish you'd expect to see in a magazine.
Interior, exterior, woodwork, wallpaper — every job covered with the same trade-grade materials and the same attention to prep. Quotes are free, honest and given in writing.
Walls, ceilings, full-room repaints. Two coats minimum. Trade-grade Dulux, Crown, Farrow & Ball or Little Greene — your call, my recommendation.
Rendered walls, soffits, fascias and masonry. Pressure-wash, full prep, weather-watching, and breathable masonry paints that actually last.
Lining paper, feature walls, full rooms, hand-trimmed designer papers. Pattern-matched, properly pasted, no gaps, no peeling seams.
Skirting, architrave, doors, staircases and window frames. Sanded, knotted, primed, undercoated, two-top-coated. Brush marks on a Dave Middleton job? Not a chance.
Filling, sanding, sealing, stain-blocking, mist-coating fresh plaster. The unglamorous part of the job — done in a way that means the finish coat sits perfectly.
Project-managed colour schemes across multiple rooms — the way builders' clients and house-movers want it done. One decorator, one quote, one finish from front door to top landing.
Hallways in Chapel Allerton, drawing rooms in Roundhay, exteriors in Alwoodley. A small selection of recently finished rooms — every one of them prepped, painted and tidied by Dave alone.
Honest reviews, written by neighbours. From Chapel Allerton terraces to Roundhay semis to Alwoodley detached homes.
"Dave painted our entire downstairs — hallway, lounge, kitchen and dining room — and the finish is faultless. Clean cut-ins, no drips, and you'd never have known anyone had been working in the house. Already booked him back for the bedrooms."
"We had a tired Victorian semi in Roundhay that needed a complete refresh. Dave talked us through colours, prepped everything properly (the ceilings were a nightmare) and the result is genuinely magazine-quality. Worth every penny."
"Booked Dave on a recommendation from a neighbour in Moortown and now I'll be recommending him to everyone I know. Polite, punctual, and the woodwork in our hallway looks better than the day the house was built."
"Dave repainted the front of our house — render, soffits, the lot — and dealt with all the prep including some fiddly stain blocking. Took him just under a week and the house looks ten years younger."
"Honestly the easiest tradesman experience we've had. Dave gave us a fair quote, started when he said he would, and tidied up every single evening before leaving. Whole upstairs decorated and we couldn't be happier — already passed his number on to half the street."
Based on Ridgeway in Roundhay, working primarily across LS7 and LS8. Happy to travel within Leeds for the right project.
Free site visit, free written quote, no pressure. Drop your details in the form, or pick up the phone — Dave answers it himself.